More Leftover Wine - Make A Chicken, Mushroom and Chardonnay Dish

So it was time to use up the Chardonnay.
It’s got to be Chicken and Mushroom
Basic French Fare

I bought some chicken thighs and some white button mushrooms, for a change
I wanted to have that Creamy look and taste

Being French style, I just had to serve with mashed Potatoes,
By rights it should be accompanied by cooked green beans...but by the time I was about to serve, I lazily came up with the frozen pea option
Pretty though

I used 2 pans to cook the chicken in
Multi tasking!!!

Serves 4-6

Ingredients
Olive oil
8 Chicken thighs, skin on Bone in
1 large onion chopped
4 garlic cloves sliced

250 gms White button Mushrooms, halved or quartered 
500 mls of Chardonnay
250 gms Cream
Sea Salt and Freshly Ground Black Pepper
2 Bay leaves and some thyme

Parsley finely chopped for garnish

Dry chicken thighs, with paper towels
Season with S & P
Meanwhile heat a pan, (in my case 2 pans) to medium heat
Add about tablespoon oil in each
Place chicken thighs skin down
Brown both sides
set aside in the pan you are going to cook them in

You may find there is too much fat left after cooking the thighs
if so drain off excess

In one pan
Add onions, season with S & P
Cook slowly till they get soft
Add garlic, cook for another  few minutes
Don't brown
When they are done add to chicken thighs

In the other pan add the mushrooms

Season with S & P
Quickly brown the mushrooms

Add to chicken

Then deglaze both pans with wine
Bring to the boil

throw over the chicken
Bring everything to the boil and the simmer for about 40 minutes

Add cream and simmer for another 10 minutes

 Note: There was a lot of sauce, so before serving
I removed the chicken and halved the sauce
Reserve one half, pop into the fridge

Reduce the rest down for about 5 mins
Place chicken back in
Sprinkle with parsley

Serve

The extra sauce was useful the next day
With the leftovers
I removed the meat from the thighs
Add back to the pan
Add the sauce from the fridge
Voila, an excellent sauce to serve over Pasta
Ready to go into the freezer

 Almost like a Chicken Stroganoff